Scare at midnight.

"Austrian entrepreneur Wolfgang Bergthaler, who has tracked India for 22 years, has listed what he believes has gone worse in the country despite its 'incredible progress'. He pointed to worsening air and water quality, unhealthy diets, social media use, and increasingly transactional relationships." "Everything became a business case," he wrote. Even "health, education and friendship etc. feel transactional." "Scrolling social media: Everyone. Always. Everywhere. Non-stop." BT. Agreeing with Bergthaler, "More important than screens are sports centers. More important than PlayStation is the playground. And this will happen only when the youth embrace this approach," said Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His government certainly tries to help. "Between March and July, there was one blocking order every 68 seconds for online content by the government of India. This amounts to around 1,275 everyday, nearly 195,000 in just five months." The Wire. "After the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest mainly involving Gen-Z," Mr Modi is posting reels on Instagram even as late as midnight. Mr Modi's "average engagement increased from 1.19 million to 4.63 million per post, a rise of 289.9% - almost 3.9 times the earlier level." News 18. If the youth follow his advice to "embrace" sports and go offline, who will participate in the midnight gushing sessions? Mr Modi is remains the top choice for prime minister with 48.7%, down from 55% in January, of those asked in the India Today - CVoter Mood of the Nation Survey (MOTN) in August. "When Mr Modi became prime minister in 2014, he promised an all-out war on corruption Na Khaoonga, Na Khane Doonga (won't take bribes, won't allow bribes) was the slogan.However, 43% of people polled believe corruption has increased under the Modi government in the MOTN survey." India Today. "Launching a blistering attack on PM Modi" in July, the Congress Party said that the promise was a hoax. "The opposition party alleged that under the prime minister's leadership, it has always been a case of 'khaunga, khane doonga, aur khilaunga' (will take, will allow and will give bribes)." DH. Although met with extreme violence, the CJP students' protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi between 6 June and 25 July, against leak of questions for a selection exam, (wikipedia) has broken the perception of terror created by this government against any sort of protest. As a result, "Across India's social and political landscape, Gen Alpha students - those born between 2010 and 2024 have taken it upon themselves to improve their learning environments" as "hundreds of much younger school students have taken to the streets to highlight their problems. Bringing up issues such as no fans, no toilets, no teachers and no infrastructure, not even a proper building." HT. "A six-year-old from a slum in Patna," "Aditya dressed in a T-shirt and denim trousers and sporting a traditional tilak, joined the protest in Patna and later told journalists that Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary should resign." "The child was later taken to a police station and handed over to his mother." The police had to deny claims on social media that Aditya had been arrested." TOI. Very young children have little appreciation of danger but it is really surprising that protective Indian parents are allowing them to join in protests and, such is the reputation of the police in India, that Patna police had to deny they had arrested a 6-tear-old. Like all fascists, who rule by threats and violence, the BJP thinks people have a wrong perception of them and have reshuffled their party officials (NDTV). The problem is they must have loyalists and believers, which narrows the field to known faces. This, naturally, drew a sarcastic comment from the CJP. In a post on X, CJP chief spokesperson Saurav Das said, "Wonderful decision by the BJP on 'reaching out' to the Gen Z. Three claps to the BJP for a marvellous set of Gen Z faces." TOI. Mockery and children have no fear. So, Instagram reels at midnight. Now that's scary. Creepy.